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Dana McCoy

@danacmccoy.bsky.social
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Applied developmental psychologist focusing on early childhood development; Associate professor @HGSE

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 11/02/2025
If you or someone you know has had a particular research project suspended by recent actions at IES, please get in touch either by DM or by replying here. There are journalists who'd like to report on this.
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Dana McCoy @danacmccoy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I'm honored (or "honoured," perhaps?) to have been a part of the Advisory Group for this amazing report on social-emotional skills, which was released yesterday by the Royal Foundation of the Prince & Princess of Wales. Can you guess my favorite skillset? centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...
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The Shaping Us Framework - CFEC
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Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
High-quality curricula can move the needle on early learning, but implementation varies widely. We’re excited to start 2025 off with a new effort to systematically measure implementation readiness & target supports at baseline: fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/u-...
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U-M’s Education Policy Initiative launches project to boost early learning success with new curriculum readiness measure
To improve early learning programs nationwide, policymakers and funders are investing in curriculum, professional development, and assessments. However, ensuring educational partners are well-prepared...
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Jonathan Seiden @seiden.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Very cool paper from Kenji Kitamura and co-authors estimating #ECD status with telephone vs. in-person interviews. Using @unicef.org #ECDI203 in Nepal, they find similar results across (randomly assigned) modality. Phone interviews are a reasonable approach! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Concurrent validity of scores from phone-based caregiver reports on early childhood development: Evidence from the Early Childhood Development Index 2030 implementation in Nepal
The Early Childhood Development Index 2030 (ECDI2030) is a caregiver-reported tool designed to monitor progress toward Sustainable Development Goal ta…
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Dana McCoy @danacmccoy.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
HGSE is hiring! If you're a junior scholar interested in human development (especially adolescent relationships or cognitive development), apply here: apply.interfolio.com/140746
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Andrew Ho @andrewdeanho.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
We're hiring a multi-year lecturer in Applied Quant Methods at HGSE! Help us advance a 40-year tradition of excellent quant instruction started by Willett, Singer & Murnane and continuing through McIntyre, Eidelman, Miratrix, et al. apply.interfolio.com/137713
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Dana McCoy @danacmccoy.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
All credit goes to @seiden.bsky.social for the amazing figures in this paper
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